TRIAL PREPARATION SERIES / PART ONE of THREE It is a fact of modern law that many litigators never actually try a case. And those who do rarely appear in a courtroom more than once or twice a year. But you must have a foundational strategy for trial preparation early in any case. Further, you…
read moreWhen it comes to deposition transcript management software, no platform handles it better than Nextpoint. The reason is simple. Nextpoint started as a trial services company 20 years ago, and pretrial litigation workflows are in our DNA. Our product and engineering teams have two decades of experience building innovative software to simplify and expedite the…
read moreOur data strategy team makes your mountains into molehills with expert ediscovery and litigation services. Our mission is to not only provide you with intuitive, easy-to-use ediscovery & litigation software, but also advisory technical services if and when you need them. We’re client-centric, and everything we do – from our broad range of litigation services…
read moreIt’s Spring. The flowers are blooming. And kids everywhere are anxiously awaiting the summer break from school. But we at Nextpoint never take a break from eDiscovery education. In fact, we are very excited to announce a brand new partnership with ACEDS, the nation’s leading eDiscovery training and certification professional association. eDiscovery Training and Certification…
read moreBefore we get into the topic of native file exports – does the term “native files” strike anyone else as a bit oxymoronic? To me, “native” denotes original, first, new, beginning – while “files” suggests history, organization, hierarchy. Something “native” shouldn’t have files yet! Just one more reason why this subject can be confusing. As…
read moreWe here at Nextpoint are of two minds about tooting our own horn. On the one hand, we’re more in the camp of “walk softly and carry a big stick.” On the other hand, we are genuinely proud of the feedback we’ve been receiving and think it could make a difference to anyone considering us…
read moreThis free guide is full of document review guidelines and best-practice tips for reviewing electronic evidence, protecting privilege, and winning ediscovery. Before we get into the tactics and strategy of modern document review, it is important to remember the exact purpose of the review phase in discovery. According to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule…
read moreDOC REVIEW Part III: Finding Responsive Documents in Discovery This post explains the search techniques that will uncover responsive documents in discovery and optimize your document review process. If you’ve read parts one and two of our three-part Document Review series, you can understand why the review process is the most time consuming, error prone,…
read moreEDISCOVERY AND DOCUMENT REVIEW PART II: Organizing Your Evidence & Protecting Privilege Before we get too deep into our three part series on Protecting Privilege during Document Review, let’s ask, why is document review even necessary? According to to Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, any party may obtain discovery regarding any…
read moreIf you’ve been reading our three-part blog series on document review, you know that the ultimate goal of ediscovery is not just to search, find, and present relevant documents. ediscovery is about organizing and making sense of an otherwise disorganized collection of evidence. We’re excited to unveil our completed redesign that delivers more powerful…
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